Cine s-a întâlnit cu Henric al IV-lea al Franței?

Henric de Bourbon (în franceză Henri IV; denumit și Henric cel Mare (Henri le Grand) iar în regiunea lui de baștină, Gasconia, unde era iubit, era numit și "regele nostru Henric" (n. 13 decembrie 1553, Pau, Aquitania, Franța – d. 14 mai 1610, Paris, Regatul Franței), a fost rege al Navarei (1572-1610) și rege al Franței (1589-1610), primul rege din familia de Bourbon.

Unul dintre meritele lui este dezvoltarea economică a Franței, după un război religios ce a dezbinat țara. Prin Edictul din Nantes asigură libertatea religiei protestante hughenote în Franța.

Fleurette de Nérac morte le 25 août 1592 à Nérac est une paysanne française et l'une des premières maîtresses du futur Henri IV, alors prince de Navarre.

Sa relation avec le jeune prince est entourée de plusieurs récits et légendes. L'expression « conter fleurette » serait notamment née de cette relation.

Charlotte des Essarts (1580–1651), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress to Henry IV of France in 1607–1609. She had two daughters with the king. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Maria de Medici. She participated in many political plots at court.

She was the daughter of François de Essarts, seigneur de Sautour, an equerry of the king, and his second wife Charlotte de Harlay de Chanvillon.

Before coming to the French court, Charlotte des Essarts had been a member of the household of the French ambassador in London, Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont and his wife Anne Rabot. She was a relation of Beaumont.

Claude Beauvilliers de Saint-Aignan, dite Claude II en religion, née le 4 avril 1573 à La Ferté-Hubert (Loir-et-Cher) et morte le 20 janvier 1626 à Couilly (Seine-et-Marne), est une abbesse et religieuse bénédictine française.

Charlotte de Beaune Semblançay, Viscountess of Tours, Baroness de Sauve, Marquise de Noirmoutier (26 October 1551 – 30 September 1617) was a French noblewoman and a mistress of King Henry of Navarre, who later ruled as King Henry IV of France. She was a member of queen mother Catherine de' Medici's notorious "Flying Squadron" (L'escadron volant in French), a group of beautiful female spies and informants recruited to seduce important men at court, and thereby extract information to pass on to the Queen Mother.

Gabrielle d'Estrées, ducesă de Beaufort și Verneuil, marchiză de Monceaux (1571–1599) a fost metresa franceză a regelui Henric al IV-lea al Franței. S-a născut la Castelul de la Bourdaisière în Montlouis-sur-Loire.

Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, marchiză de Verneuil (1579 – 1633) a fost metresa regelui Henric al IV-lea al Franței după decesul Gabriellei d'Estrées. A fost fiica lui Charles Balzac d'Entragues și a soției sale Marie Touchet, care era fosta metresă a regelui Carol al IX-lea al Franței.

Giacomina di Bueil (1588 – Moret-sur-Loing, 1651) figlia di Claude de Breuil, fu contessa di Moret. È conosciuta per essere stata un'amante del re Enrico IV di Francia.

Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz də mɔ̃mɔʁɑ̃si fosø] ; 1566 – 6 December 1614), also called "La Belle Fosseuse" or "La Fosseuse", was mistress to King Henry III of Navarre (future King Henry IV of France) from 1579 to 1581.

Diane d'Andoins or d'Andouins (Diane of Andoins) was born in Hagetmau in the fall of 1554, and died there in February 1621. The Countess of Guiche, and called "the beautiful Corisande", she was known for having been a royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre (the future Henri IV of France) between 1582 and 1591.

Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d'Entragues (c. 1588–1664), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress to Henry IV of France in 1605-1609. She was the daughter of Charles Balzac d'Entragues and Marie Touchet, who was formerly the sole mistress of Charles IX of France, and the sister of Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, also mistress of Henry IV.

Jeanne du Monceau de Tignonville (1555-1596), was a French noblewoman. She was mistress to Henry IV of France in 1576–81. She was known as La petite Tignonville and used her position to enrich herself and her relations. She also had an affair with Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme.

She was played by Eva Grimaldi in Jean-Charles Tacchella's film Dames Galantes (1990).

Louise de Budos, dame de Vachères, duchesse de Montmorency (13 juillet 1575 - 26 septembre 1598), fut la seconde épouse d'Henri I^er de Montmorency, Connétable de France, et plus tard la maîtresse du roi Henri IV de France.